@michael Samdahl thanks. It comes out looking like the dirk I posted a link to in the first post on this thread.  Handle-2.jpg

I have been using granite countertop cutouts for years as surface plates. If possible, fInd a countertop company in your area and see if they will sel...

A blade close up.  IMG_1300.jpg

Very well done. I especially like the metal combination.

Another side  Finished-2.jpg

A couple of pics how that turned out.  Finished-1.jpg

Jake Cleland and Petr Floriniak are on FB and IG under their names and under their business accounts. Jake is also Skye Knives and Petr is also Guil...

I,m starting another full wrap weave, similar to that dirk carving.Here is the layout drawn in pencil on Basswood.  Final-layout-2.jpg

Thanks Bobby and John.As for learning resources, it's mostly talking to other wood carvers, a couple of YT videos, and two books I recently purchased ...

Second try was also some maple and I did a face.  step-10.jpg

Spencer,That is a popular theory and it may well be true, but I think the real answer is found in prehistoy. The oldest bladed tools and weapons we ha...

The part of the handle that fits into the head should not be loose.It should taper and get wider closer to the handle. The last little bit is set by w...

I'm no machinist by any stretch of the imagination, but let's start with what material you are cutting. As Matthew pointed out: Then we can talk ...